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Esri UK has announced the full programme for its upcoming annual conference and exhibition on 17 May 2022, including speakers from Arcadis, Jacobs, Argent Related, Centre...
National Highways has commissioned TRL Software to provide it with a new pavement asset management system, known as P-AMS. This will be configured upon the cloud-based pr...
Cutting-edge, innovative ideas to decarbonise the country’s highways will be brought to life thanks to tens of millions of pounds in Government funding. The £30 million L...
Allison Transmission has announced that it has been selected to provide the propulsion system for the UK’s first hydrogen fuel cell refuse collection vehicle (RCV). Aberd...
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022. To...
Industries has today launched its sustainability strategy – Building Progress for a Sustainable Future. The new strategy sets out the business’ vision to become the UK le...
On Stand CE16 at the Hillhead 2022 Exhibition in Hillhead Quarry in Buxton in the UK from 21-23 June 2022, Bobcat will present several new products for the first time at...
Thomas & Friends make special trip to London to teach kids about Rail Safety A special episode of the much-loved children’s programme, Thomas & Friends®, is being...
Road safety funding for public and private organisations, registered charities, university departments and not for profits, has been announced and will open in September...
Plantforce has recently installed five XW5 rated capacity indicators, with height and slew restriction to the company’s new Kobelco SK210 machines and also a Kobelco SK13...
The Wirtgen Group booth at the show in Buxton from 21 to 23 June will be focusing on sustainable and cost-effective solutions for earthworks, road construction and materi...
With over four million journeys taking place across England’s motorways and major roads each day, National Highways has equipped its traffic officers with VB400 body-worn...
With diary dates booked and exhibitor sales at pre-pandemic levels, this year’s Cenex-Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV), along with co-located Cenex-Connected Automated Mobility (...
One year on, it is clear that the confusion following IR35 reform is stifling access to specialised talent and is having significant ramifications for UK business growth....
Buses and control rooms across the West Midlands are set to receive transformational communications upgrades over the next 12 months, as Telent has been awarded a contrac...
A landfill and quarrying company has bought the first Stage V JCB 56Z-2 Excavator models in Northern Ireland. Supplied by dealer Dennison JCB, the new midi excavator has...
Construction companies and contractors are still hoping for some good news from the Government to ease the growing cost pressures affecting the industry – but all the sig...
Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software, today announced that Kier Group Plc, the major UK construction and infrastructu...
New research was conducted by engineering consultancy, Patrick Parsons, with 100 senior executives of UK construction firms which have collectively been involved in over...
GeoPlace’s annual conference will take place on 10th and 11th May 2022, with the theme of ‘Connecting People to Places’. The event is online, reflecting appreciation show...
Automated enforcement specialists Jenoptik says its appointment to National Highways’ Operational Technology Commercial Framework will speed up work to make the England’s...
International engineering, design and project management business Stantec has acquired Barton Willmore, the UK’s leading independent planning and design consultancy, in a...
The organisation delivering the UK’s largest infrastructure project has signed up to support the Construction Leadership Council’s carbon reduction campaign. HS2 Limited...
Amey, a leading public service provider, has chosen Applied Driving Techniques (ADT) to provide e-learning across the business to promote road safety and mitigate identif...
The latest 22-tonne excavator to join the family firm’s fleet doesn’t come in traditional JCB yellow but in pink – in tribute to a much-loved member of the founding famil...
Redi-Rock, the modular retaining wall system from Marshalls Civils & Drainage, is a first for the Thorne Group and East Sussex Highways. Work is drawing to a close on...
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has completed the 1,000th stations accessibly audit at Oban railway station in Scotland, as part of a Government programme to b...
Gloucestershire plant and tool hire business Rocket Rentals has installed FuelActive’s clean diesel pick-up system across its self-drive plant fleet. The company, which o...
Ferrovial Construction has today reported positive financial results for 2021, positioning itself well for future UK business and continued delivery of UK strategy. Reven...
With upcoming fuel taxation changes affecting red diesel, Mobile Mini, a leading provider of secure storage containers and portable accommodation, explains the need to pl...
A TRACTO Mini Olympus GRUNDORAM pipe rammer was recently deployed to a site in Derbyshire to ram a 325mm steel casing under the concrete foundations of a new production p...
National Highways will be unveiling a new industry-wide scoring system for Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) to construction bosses at the Futureworx event next week....
Atkins Global, a leading design, engineering and project management consultancy, approached SOCOTEC Monitoring to replace an existing monitoring system located on the A46...
Forming part of a Transforming Cities Funding project, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to upgrade over 750 traffi...
Contributing £127 billion Gross Added Value, the logistics sector is vital to keeping the country’s economy moving. SOCOTEC’s Environment & Safety division serves a n...
Ringway has made a further move to decarbonise its operations by enhancing its low impact fleet with a further EAV2Cubed cargo bike added to its Transport for London high...
Buildiro.com, a digital marketplace for tradespeople, builders, and DIY enthusiasts in the United Kingdom, has launched a crowdfunding investment round on Seedrs, Europe...
Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been appointed by National Highways to provide commercial management services to support the multi-billion pound in...
National Highways has today invited shortlisted bidders to tender for the £1.9 billion contracts to build the roads, green bridges, parks and woodlands of the Lower Thame...
Hubbway Ltd was founded in 1965 by George Hubb. The business was originally located in Ellington, next to one of the largest deep coal mines in the UK. Hubbway has since...
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